2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-263x.2009.00972.x
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School‐based education to improve oral cleanliness and gingival health in adolescents in Tehran, Iran

Abstract: An easy-to-organize and inexpensive school-based intervention can in the short term be effective in improving oral cleanliness and gingival health among adolescents; in particular, in countries with a developing oral health system.

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“…At the end of the study, children seemed to have gained improved knowledge about the cause and prevention of tooth decay. Their self-reported increase in use of oral hygiene aids and maintenance of oral hygiene as compared with the baseline, reflects their newly gained knowledge of expected behaviour which is reported by other studies also [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. There was a drastic increase in knowledge in causation of dental caries (9.5% to 51%) and floss (12% to 58.5%) at the end of the study.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 70%
“…At the end of the study, children seemed to have gained improved knowledge about the cause and prevention of tooth decay. Their self-reported increase in use of oral hygiene aids and maintenance of oral hygiene as compared with the baseline, reflects their newly gained knowledge of expected behaviour which is reported by other studies also [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. There was a drastic increase in knowledge in causation of dental caries (9.5% to 51%) and floss (12% to 58.5%) at the end of the study.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 70%
“…Regular brushing of teeth after principal meals is not practiced universally [3]. Yazdani et al [4], showed that all of 417 students had dental plaque, and 93% had gingival bleeding on at least one index tooth. Over the past two decades, increasing levels of tooth decay in children and adolescents has been observed in developing countries compared with developed countries.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Un aumento de la salud gingival se notó en un 79% de los estudiantes de ambos grupos de intervención y en un 47% del grupo control. Los autores finalmente concluyen que, a través de técnicas como las empleadas, fáciles de organizar y de bajo costo, pueden ser efectivas las intervenciones escolares que buscan incrementar la limpieza dental y salud gingival de los adolescentes (23).…”
Section: ¿Qué Enseñar En Salud Bucal?unclassified